Thread: 8.0 speculation

Originally Posted by Zero-ELEC

Oizys, also, is not "drained of life", it's the most alive star we've visited so far. While Phaenna was colourful, it was so due to silicon deposits—it is basically made of glass. Pretty, yes, but mostly devoid of life, barring some silicon based pseudo-flora. Oizys has both flora and fauna, surviving despite the gravitational anomalies.

This is a classic stereotype about deserts (and a vaguely offensive one; I know it's rarely ever intended this way, but people live in deserts, they're fine). Because we can't see that much trees, grass and birds people just assume they're 'dead', when the reality is far from the truth. Oizys sure ain't doing well, but it's more because it's being torn to pieces gravitationally--which last I checked wasn't a thing FF7's Meteor did. The planet itself is teeming with life, you can tell just from doing any fishing missions; I dunno what a Psuedoshark is, but it's definitely alive.

Also, you need to frame speculation around Oizys around the fact that it's crafting and gathering content. Oizys cannot build up to, like, a raid, and it's extremely unclear if the developers would be willing to let it be the leadin to any future content anyway; they've previously let crafting and gathering content be an epilogue of sorts, but I suspect they might see crafters and gatherers as separate enough their material can't be used as setup. More likely, it's going to lead into more crafting and gathering content

...which I happen to notice that none of Reginald's Oizys speculation involves, despite us knowing what's going to follow Oizys, which is the planet full of verdant life covering a departed civilization Which... y'know, seems like a more relevant element, directly connected to the story they're actually telling.